Moccasin



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Patented Mar. 4, 1941 ill'lE s'r'rs MOCC'ASEN Application August 5, 1940, Serial No. 351,504

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in moccasins, and the present invention contemplates an improved moccasin construction wherein the vamp, plug and quarters are joined together in a novel and efficient manner to the end that the moccasin will have advantages over moccasins of the present known construction'and which will be evident to those skilled in the art.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of a moccasin embodying the features of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a plug for the moccasin embodying features of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the moccasin with the plug removed.

Figures 4 and 5 are detailed sectional views taken substantially on the lines i-4 and 5--5 respectively of Figure 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the reference numeral 5 indicates the vamp; the reference numeral 6 indicates the plug of the moccasin, and the quarters of the moccasin are indicated by the reference numerals 1-1.

A salient feature of the present invention is providing the one-piece plug 6 which embodiesthe integral toe part 8 and tongue part 9 with notches It at the juncture between. the parts 8 and 9 as shown in Figure 2, and for a purpose hereinafter made manifest.

The seam between the vamp 5 and the plug 6 is of the character fully disclosed in U. S. Patent No. 1,102,279 of July '7, 1914. As disclosed in that patent and herein illustrated the aforementioned seam is formed by having the plug 6 reversely bent to form a fold into which the edge of the vamp 5 is inserted; stitching ll passing through both parts of the fold and through the edge of the vamp inserted therebetween as clearly shown in Figure 4.

In accordance with the present invention, however, the forward edges of the quarter I, when the plug 6 is stitched to the vamp 5 in the manner just described, are received within the notches ill in the plug 6 with the extensions l2 disposed to the outer sides of the quarters 'l and in overlapping relation thereto as shown in Figures 1 and 5.

The stitching H i extended as at Ha, and as shown in Figure 5, so as to stitch together the plug 6, vamp 5, and quarters l where the end portions of the quarters are accommodated in the notches ID of the plug; the extended stitching I la passing as clearly shown in Figure 5, through the upwardly bent portions [3 of the plug 6 at the inner sides of the notches ID, the extensions I2 at the outer sides of the notches It and through the edge of the vamp 5 and the portions of the quarters I that are, as shown in Figure 5, disposed between the said upwardly bent portions I3 and the extensions l2 of the plug 6.

From the foregoing then it will be seen that I have provided an improved construction of moccasin, as well as an improved method of stitching together the vamp 5, plug 6, and the quarters l.

The simplicity of the construction and method, together with the many advantages thereof, are believed to be clearly apparent to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A moccasin having a seam in which the plug is folded around the edge of the vamp and is held thereto by stitching passing through opposite sides of the fold of the plug and through the edge of the vamp therebetween; said plug having longitudinal notches at opposite side edges thereof and into which notches the quarters of the moccasin extend, and the stitches of said seam passing through the plug at opposite sides of the respective notches and through the edges of the vamp and quarters where said quarters extend into said notches.

2. A moccasin having a plug provided adjacent its edges with notches into which the quarters extend, and stitching passing through the plug in the region of said notches and through the vamp and quarters, positively uniting said plug, vamp and quarters at the notched edges of said upper.

3. A moccasin having a plug provided with notches accommodating the quarters of the moccasin, said notches presenting at the outer edges of the plug extensions overlapping the outer sides of said quarters, and stitching passing through the plug at the inner sides of said notches and through said extensions and the portions of the vamp and quarters accommodated in the notches between the edges of the plug and said extensions formed by said notches.

4. As a new article of manufacture a moccasin in which the vamp, plug and quarters are united together, said plug being provided adjacent the edges thereof with notches presenting extensions overlapping the quarters at the outer sides of said quarters.

MERRITT G. GUSTIN. 

